The life of Bruce, the African traveller / By Major F.B. Head.

  • Francis Bond Head
Date:
1830
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Credit: The life of Bruce, the African traveller / By Major F.B. Head. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Chap. I. liim to make accurate drawings of the ruins of ancient architecture which he should discover in the course of his travels ; and to give Eruce a liberal opportunity of improving his taste, and to qualify him for colleeting with greater ability the remains of antiquity in Africa, the southern region of the Roman empire, it was arranged that he should travel through France into Italy, and remain there for some months, under the pretext of waiting for some despatches which were there to be forwarded to him. Delighted with prospects so congenial to his disposition, at the age of thirty-two he sailed from England in June, 17G2 ; and though some ob- jections had been made as to particular passports solicited by our government from the French secre- tary of state, M. de Choiseul waived such excep- tions with regard to Bruce, and politely assured him, in a letter accompanying his passport, that those difficulties did not in any shape regard him, but that he was perfectly at liberty to pass through, or remain in, France, with those that accompanied him, without limiting their number, as short or as long a time as should be agreeable to him. Having arrived at Rome (August, 1762), Bruce proceeded to Naples, and there, for some months, awaited his Majesty’s further commands. lie after- wards went to Florence, where he remained most studiously occupied for some time. It would be tedious to enter into a detail of the antiquities, paintings, and other curiosities, which Bruce observed in the course of his journey, as they liave been visited by thousands of our countrymen, and have been minutely described
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